WASHINGTON TWP — A former band volunteer in the Moniteau School District is accused of having sex with a student at his home on Route 38 in the township.

State police Wednesday arrested Cody Michael Klingler, 20, who is charged with sexually assaulting the male student beginning in February when the boy was 14.

Klingler allegedly confessed that he had sex with the boy on three occasions, according to court documents.

District Judge Lewis Stoughton arraigned Klingler on three counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor, statutory sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault, all felonies.

He was released from the Butler County Prison today after posting $10,000 bail.

The defendant when contacted by the Butler Eagle, referred all questions to his attorney, Richard E. Goldinger, who did not immediately return a telephone message this morning.

"(Klingler) was approved as an assistant helping with the band," Moniteau School Board President Doug Kinney said this morning.

He would have had to undergo Act 34 clearance, which includes criminal background checks.

"Unfortunately," Kinney said, "those background checks do not predict future behavior."

The district dismissed Klingler on Aug. 12 stemming from an inappropriate text message he allegedly sent to a 15-year-old boy in the Slippery Rock School District, authorities said.

Kinney said he was upset upon learning of the allegations in the criminal case.

"Our district doesn't tolerate any inappropriate behavior toward any of our students," he said. "We are disappointed whenever something like this happens."